804 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 20
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bhajanty atha tvam ata eva sadhavo
vyudasta-maya-guna-vibhramodayam
bhavat-padanusmaranad rte sata
nimittam anyad bhagavan na vidmahe
bhajanti—they worship; atha—therefore; tuam— You; ata eva—therefore;
sddhavah—all saintly persons; vyudasta—who dispel; maya-guna—the modes
of material nature; vibhrama— misconceptions; udayam—produced; bhavat
~—Your; pada—lotus feet; anusmaranat—constantly remembering; rte—
except; satam—of great saintly persons; nimittam—reason; anyat—other;
bhagavan—O Supreme Personality of Godhead; na—not; vidmahe—I can
understand.
TRANSLATION
Great saintly persons who are always liberated take to Your devotional
service because only by devotional service can one be relieved from the
illusions of material existence. O my Lord, there is no other reason for the
liberated souls to take shelter at Your lotus feet except for the fact that
they are constantly thinking of them.
PURPORT
The karmis are generally engaged in fruitive activities for material bodily
comforts. The jfanis, however, are disgusted with searching after material
comforts. They understand that they have nothing to do with this material
world, being spirit souls. After self-realization, the jiants who are actually
matured in their knowledge must surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord,
as is stated in Bhagavad-gita (bahiinam janmanam ante). Self-realization is
not complete unless one comes to the devotional platform. Therefore it is
stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam that those who are atmarama, self-
satisfied, are freed from all contaminations of the material modes of nature.
As long as one is affected by the modes of material nature, especially by
rajah and tamah, he will be very greedy and lusty and will therefore engage
in hard tasks, laboring all day and night. Such false egoism carries one
from one species of life into another perpetually, and there is no rest in
any species of life. The jiani understands this fact and therefore ceases to
work and takes to karma-sannyasa.
